Invention Grant
- Patent Title: All-optical pressure sensor
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Application No.: US14896357Application Date: 2014-06-04
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Publication No.: US09658123B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Kasper Reck , Christian Østergaard , Ole Hansen , Erik Vilain Thomsen
- Applicant: Technical University of Denmark
- Applicant Address: DK
- Assignee: Technical University of Denmark
- Current Assignee: Technical University of Denmark
- Current Assignee Address: DK
- Agency: Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP
- Priority: EP13170867 20130606; EP13196824 20131212
- International Application: PCT/EP2014/061625 WO 20140604
- International Announcement: WO2014/195372 WO 20141211
- Main IPC: G01L9/00
- IPC: G01L9/00 ; G01L23/16 ; H04R23/00

Abstract:
The present invention relates to an all-optical pressure sensor comprising a waveguide accommodating a distributed Bragg reflector. Pressure sensing can then be provided by utilizing effective index modulation of the waveguide and detection of a wavelength shift of light reflected from the Bragg reflector. Sound sensing may also be provided thereby having an all-optical microphone. One embodiment of the invention relates to an optical pressure sensor comprising at least one outer membrane and a waveguide, the waveguide comprising at least one core for confining and guiding light, at least one distributed Bragg reflector located in said at least one core, and at least one inner deflecting element forming at least a part of the core, wherein the pressure sensor is configured such that the geometry and/or dimension of the at least one core is changed when the at least one outer membrane is submitted to pressure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160123829A1 All-Optical Pressure Sensor Public/Granted day:2016-05-05
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